Keith A. Marzullo, Ph.D. CISE/CNS DD February 24, 2011 Welcome to the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at National Science Foundation

Welcome to Washington, DC!

National Science Foundation Mission: To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity and welfare; and to secure the national defense. Highly Competitive Competitive Not Competitive

NSF’s Investment Priorities Discovery Foster research at the frontiers Learning Cultivate a science and engineering workforce Infrastructure Build Nation’s capacity through tools and CI NSF Stewardship Supporting the science and engineering research and education enterprise

NSF Organization Directorate for Biological Sciences Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate for Education and Human Resources Directorate for Engineering Directorate for Geosciences Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate for Social, Behavioral And Economic Sciences Office of the Director OPP OISE OCI OIA NSB

Drivers of Computing Science Technology Society

CCF Computing and Communications Foundations CNS Computer and Network Systems IIS Information and Intelligent Systems Office of the Assistant Director for CISE CISE Organization Chart and Core Research Programs Software and Hardware Foundations  Communication and Information Foundations  Algorithmic Foundations  Computer Systems Research  Robust Intelligence  Information Integration and Informatics  Human-Centered Computing  CORE PROGRAMS Networking Technology and Systems  Education and Workforce  ~ 70-75% of CISE Budget in Core Programs

Job growth is in IT

Plummeting CS Degrees CRA Taulbee Survey,

% Freshman Interest in CS Data source: HERI; Figure: NCWIT

Underproduction By 2018, there will be 1.4 million computer specialist job openings. US universities will have generated enough graduates to fill about 1/3 of these openings. NCWIT, By the Numbers, 2009

Concluding Remarks CISE-funded research and education outcomes are essential to national competitiveness and a growing US economy. Research focus should be on big, bold ideas! We seek potentially transformative research –Fundamental questions in computing –Potential for significant, enduring impact –Plausible, but high risk projects We encourage multi-disciplinary research in many of our programs as well as research in core computing areas. We encourage more research on computing education and cyberlearning!